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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886971309423
Format: Box set, Limited Edition, Import
Label: SONY CLASSICS
Manufacturer: SONY CLASSICS
Number Of Discs: 80
Publisher: SONY CLASSICS
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Studio: SONY CLASSICS
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Editorial Review:
The Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection" is presented to mark the brilliant pianist's 75th birthday and the 25th anniversary of his death. It is a fascinating, limited edition: all the artist's LP recordings in the "look and feel" of the original vinyl discs on 80 CDs.
The Canadian Glenn Gould (born in Toronto 25 September 1932 - died there 4 October 1982) was without doubt one of the most important pianists of all time. Even today, the idiosyncratic interpretations and the eccentric personality of the "James Dean of the piano" exert a continuing fascination.
In good time to commemorate the artist's birth 75 years ago on 25 September and his death 25 years ago on 4 October 2007, the Sony Classical label is launching a special project in honour of the double anniversary: "The Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection" transfers all the artist's recordings for LP on to 78 CDs, from Glenn Gould's legendary 1955 recording of the Goldberg Variations to piano works by Richard Strauss released posthumously on 4 April 1984, and of course, not one of the brilliant artist's legendary Bach recordings is missed out.
Each of the 60 single and 9 double CDs consists of the exact recordings as first issued on vinyl and looks like a miniaturised form of the original disc: the CDs are in cardboard slipcases in the original design, and the CD itself is designed to look like a LP.
Supplemented by two bonus CDs, the limited "Glenn Gould Complete Jacket Collection" comprises 80 CDs mounted in a high-quality display case with a booklet of more than 240 pages. This booklet contains a new, detailed essay by the German Gould specialist Michael Stegemann on Glenn Gould and the LP recording era along with texts and repertoire details to all recordings in the edition, plus a listing and depiction of the records with reissue dates for repertoire that has appeared before.
The bonus CDs include the last great interview that Glenn Gould gave the American journalist Tim Page in 1981 and an essay on Johann Sebastian Bach and the fugue that Gould recorded in 1972 for a bonus LP. They also feature a number of late recordings that never appeared on vinyl: fragments of the "Italian Album" and Wagner's Siegfried Idyll in its orchestral version -- Gould's recording debut as conductor and his last recording of all, made on 8 September 1982 with members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Another rarity is Gould's own film music to George Roy Hill's Slaughterhouse Five from 1972.
2007 Issue of the Ultimate Box Set for Fans of the Late Keyboardist! the Set Includes Every Recording He Ever Made Presented on 80 CD'S! the Surface of Each Disc Has Been Manufactured to Resemble the Face of a Vinyl LP. The Box also Includes a 250 Page Book with an Essay by German Glenn Gould Expert Michael Stegemann as Well as Detailed, Extensive Liner Notes on Every Track. Needless, this is a Very Limited Edition Box.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Get it while you can
Glenn Gould lives up to the sound bite given by George Szell -- "That nut is a genius."
Gould's interpretations are controversial. Some detest his singing along with his playing. Others think he is too mannered, too idiosyncratic in his interpretations, still others regard him as too romantic, especially in his Bach.
However, more than anyone except perhaps Wanda Landowska, he is responsible for the revival of interest in the keyboard music of Bach. Yes, there are other ... Read More
Rating: - an astounding collection
In recording technology, Glenn Gould saw a new future for music -- a future not of the public concert, or even of the "embalmed concert moment" (as he referred to un-edited "live" recordings), but one in which the artist was able to splice and edit until he reached a recording as close to his ideal as possible. He also believed that, listening to these recordings at home, free from the social trappings and musical limitations of the concert hall, we would be able to come to a much deeper understanding ... Read More
Rating:  - Useless repetitions
Unfortunately, this company had already issued a 12-CD set of Glenn Gould's Bach (not all of his Bach's recordings, of course) in this Original Jacket Collection, so that those who bought it may be well bound to feel deceived: Sony could well have now issued separate albuns so collectors who bought the first could also buy the new ones (instead of buying everything again and giving away 12 CDs, which are not cheap after all.
Rating: - Pianistic brilliance
This is a treasure trove. Each Cd is an absolute treat. This man was a brilliant pianist and entertainer. If the performances dont astound or enthrall you, then the provocative sleeve notes that accompany each CD will more then make up for it.
Rating: - It's a real collectors' choice
The CDs are all in the oringinal jacket of the issued LPs. I have not get time to listen to all the tracks. Controversy is common on Gloud's way of presenting music. If you do not care the other comments, you worth to own it.
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